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Under side dull yellowish green; the marginal border dark fuscous; 

 a dark fuscous patch at base of costa of forewing. 



Thorax and abdomen green, tlie dorsal crests red-brown. 

 Kd'panm ofwiii(j)<. — Male, IT nun. 

 Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (ruiana. 

 Type.—Cvii. No. 9193, U.S.X.M. 



RACHEOLOPHA FLOREPICTA, new species. 



Forevimg. — Pale water}' green, semitranspareiit, costal edge cream- 

 color; ])ase narrowly moss-green; at apex and anal angle a round patt-h 

 of i'('d-l>r()wn and rosy-gray scales surrounded by a ring of moss- 

 green, that at apex much the larger; cell spotminutt^; an ()l)scure ver- 

 tical darker green antemedian shade and an angulated postmedian 

 with paler edge; fringe pale green, rosy beyond the patches. 



JIlnihrijKj. —The same, but the apical patch smaller and with an 

 additional small patch on inner margin l)efore middle. 



Under side pale iridescent green, with the patches showing through; 

 costa of forewing ^^ellow. 



Face and palpi red; vertex and antenna^ white; thorax and dorsum 

 red-])rown varied with dark scales; the tufts metallic; abdonum at 

 sides and beneath and the whole of the last two segments ochreous; 

 pectus and legs ochreous. 



Expanse oftoings. — Male, 40 nun. 



Liindity. — St. Jean, Maroni, French Guiana. 



The colored patches can really be best compared with the unopened 

 flowers of a moss-rose. 



7}//>r.^Cat. No. 9194, U.S.N.M. 



RACHEOLOPHA LILACINA, new species. 



FotYiring. — Dull green, semiti'ansparent; the costa yellow, be3'ond 

 middle speckled with lilac; the inner and hind margin broadl}' lilac, 

 the green ground-color being, in fact, restricted to a narrow subcostal 

 stripe, which in the middle forms a deep sinus toward hind margin, 

 embracing veins 3 and 4, and at base reaches inner margin, where it 

 is edged by an oblique deeper lilac shade; fringe dark lilac check- 

 ered with white l)etween the veins. 



Ilindirlng. — Broadlj^ green at base, the marginal half lilac, inter- 

 rupted inter nail}' between veins 2 and 5 by a tridentate sinus of the 

 ground color; innei margin with a lilac patch at base; discocellular 

 marked at top and middle by white spots; fringe as in forewing. In 

 both wings the lilac area is varied with transverse white stria?, densest 

 at anal angle of hind wings. 



Under side pale iridescent green; the fringe and slight blotch at 

 anal angle of forewings deep lilac; costa of forewing yellow. 



